Immersed in Technology Art and Virtual Environments

Name: Immersed in Technology Art and Virtual Environments
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ISBN: 9780262133142

ISBN-10: 0262133148

ISBN-13: 9780262133142

Edition: 1996

Authors: Mary Anne Moser, Douglas MacLeod

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The Banff Centre for the Arts has become synonymous for what's hot in the electronic arts, a place where professional artists come to produce new work and develop new skills. This book brings together critical essays along with artists' projects to explore the many issues raised by the creation of virtual environments and to provide a glimpse into worlds that have been much discussed but rarely seen. The book opens with eleven essays that approach the social and cultural implications of cyberspace from the perspective of cultural studies, communications, art history, art criticism, English, and women's studies. These are followed by nine virtual environments (along with statements of what…

Book details

List price: $7.75
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/23/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936



Preface



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Embodied Virtuality: Or How to Put Bodies Back Into the Picture



Virtual Skin: Articulating Race in Cyberspace



Mysteries of the Bioapparatus



When Is the Ear Pierced?: The Clashes of Sound, Technology, and Cyberculture



Cyberdammerung at Wellspring Systems



A Disappearance of Community



Fascination, Masculinity, and Cyberspace



A City for Bachelors



Aboriginal Narratives in Cyberspace



Nature Morte: Landscape and Narrative in Virtual Environments



Time Traveling in the Gallery: An Archeological Approach in Media Art



Objects of Ritual



Archeology of a Mother Tongue



Dancing with the Virtual Dervish: Virtual Bodies



Bar Code Hotel



VR on $5 a Day



Placeholder



Field Recording Studies



Dancing with the Virtual Dervish: Worlds in Progress



Topological Slide



Inherent Rights, Vision Rights



Artwork Production Credits


Contributors


Index